mobicreator is asking for Office 2000 and I don't have this program

Edd666666 · 01-31-2009, 10:56 AM

Hi, I have my book created and accepted as OK to publish, and created an an account with mobi, plus used the mobi file to post the ebook to Kindle, but now I want to use mobi to distribute to other publishers. The mobi program at this point in the process Welcome to Mobipocket eBookBase 1.0 is asking for office 2000 for some reason. I don't have any office programs on my PC. Is there a way to get around this request for an office program and get my book through the mobi system to distribute to others? Thanks, Ed.

wallcraft · 01-31-2009, 12:00 PM

The MobiPocket Forums include a forum on eBookbase, but you probably won't get an answer from there until Monday. I did not find any relevant existing threads in that forum, but perhaps I am not searching for the right terms.

Are you sure it isn't Internet Explorer that is asking for Office 2000? Perhaps this is registered as the program to use for some document types. MobiPocket Creator does require MS Word to import DOC files, but I don't know why that would matter.

One option that might help (since you have the PRC file already) is FTP upload, see Difficulty in uploading new books.

Edd666666 · 01-31-2009, 02:53 PM

OK, thanks for that, that was all helpful, I will start digging, I didn't have a clue where to look before. Thanks again,Ed.

Edd666666 · 02-03-2009, 03:33 PM

Thanks again for your help. I switched to firefox and that let me work through the other issues that came up, but at least I could read what the issues were. So thanks, Ed.

01-31-2009, 10:56 AM	#1
Edd666666 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Englewood NJ USA Device: none	mobicreator is asking for Office 2000 and I don't have this program Hi, I have my book created and accepted as OK to publish, and created an an account with mobi, plus used the mobi file to post the ebook to Kindle, but now I want to use mobi to distribute to other publishers. The mobi program at this point in the process Welcome to Mobipocket eBookBase 1.0 is asking for office 2000 for some reason. I don't have any office programs on my PC. Is there a way to get around this request for an office program and get my book through the mobi system to distribute to others? Thanks, Ed.

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01-31-2009, 12:00 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The MobiPocket Forums include a forum on eBookbase, but you probably won't get an answer from there until Monday. I did not find any relevant existing threads in that forum, but perhaps I am not searching for the right terms. Are you sure it isn't Internet Explorer that is asking for Office 2000? Perhaps this is registered as the program to use for some document types. MobiPocket Creator does require MS Word to import DOC files, but I don't know why that would matter. One option that might help (since you have the PRC file already) is FTP upload, see Difficulty in uploading new books.

01-31-2009, 02:53 PM	#3
Edd666666 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Englewood NJ USA Device: none	OK, thanks for that, that was all helpful, I will start digging, I didn't have a clue where to look before. Thanks again,Ed.

02-03-2009, 03:33 PM	#4
Edd666666 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Englewood NJ USA Device: none	Thanks again for your help. I switched to firefox and that let me work through the other issues that came up, but at least I could read what the issues were. So thanks, Ed.

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